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The Hood Museum of Art, DartmouthKellen Haak, Collections Manager and Head Registrar(Currently Kellen is no longer with the Hood.)

In 2005 the Hood was the first U.S. museum to acquire a work by El Anatsui:Hovor, 2003, aluminum bottle tops and copper wire, approximately 240 x 216 inches. At the time of the purchase, Hovor was traveling in the exhibition GAWU. Kellen didn’t actually see the work in person until January 2007, when GAWU arrived at the Hood. At that point it had already been to five exhibition venues in the United Kingdom and one in the U.S. (Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art). On arriving at the Hood, it had therefore gone through at least six cycles of installation and deinstallation.

Kellen: Over all, my experience with GAWU at the Hood was delightful. I think there were five or six "cloths" in the show. One of the cloths for the Hood's show was a new work, an add-on
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PACIN presents this article in support of the Mountmakers Forum. In doing so we seek to promote the appreciation of this important discipline within the field of preventive conservation. Mountmaking plays an important role in the safe handling, display, transport and storage of the artifacts that we care for. Please plan on attending the next Mountmakers Forum slated for 2012 (details will be provided as they become available) and in the mean time please take part in the discussions found here in the Mountmaking section of the PACIN Forum as well as in the Mountmakers Forum web-group. A link to view streaming footage of the Forum can be found at the end of the article.

Second International Mountmaking ForumHosted by the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DCMay 5-6, 2010Reported by BJ Farrar
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The “Back To Basics and Beyond”: Art Handling Workshop, held on June 22 at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford Connecticut was sponsored by NEMA - the New England Museum Association and organized by the Registrars Professional Affinity Group, in partnership with PACIN.

This post is focused on two aspects of a situation that can add up to be quite a daunting and frustrating dilemma - the counting and packing of large numbers of small objects operating under the time and budget constraints that exist almost everywhere these days.It is meant to illustrate a complimentary pair of techniques that can increase the integrity and effectiveness of the process while helping to minimize frustration.
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